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Tubber, County Offaly

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Tubber (Irish: an Tobar, meaning 'the well') is a village in County Offaly, Ireland. The Roman Catholic parish of Tubber spans the civil parishes of Kilcumreragh and Kilmanaghan. St. Manchan's National School in Tubber is named after St. Manchan, the local saint. His name is also reflected in that of the parish of Kilmonaghan and the old cemetery and church in Kilmonaghan. The Tubber G.A.A. (Gaelic Athletic Association) Club was established in April 1979, and took over responsibility for Tubber Hall. Due to difficulties with the lease, the club later obtained and improved a field and built dressing rooms, officially opened in May 1989. Since then several improvements have been made to the facilities. Tubber is also home to the Cat and Bagpipes pub, which is located in the centre of the village. The village is served by the no. 73 Bus Eireann regional service between Athlone and Waterford, Local Link 815 bus between Tullamore and Athlone and also the no. 11159 bus to Athlone TUS, which operates during college term. There are now up to 9 weekday return bus services serving Tubber, with up 10 to Tullamore. Tubber plays a prominent role in the film debut of Oscar winner Cillian Murphy. The short film, Quando (1997), depicts the village having its first Queen of The Heather Festival.

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Kilcumreragh
Kilcumreragh

Kilcumreragh (Irish: Cill Chruimthir Fhiachrach) is a civil parish which spans the counties of Westmeath and Offaly in Ireland. It is located about 23 km (14 mi) west–south–west of Mullingar and 18 km (11 mi) north–north–west of Tullamore. Kilcumreragh also spans three baronies. It is one of 8 civil parishes in the barony of Moycashel (M), 4 civil parishes in the barony of Clonlonan (C) and 4 civil parishes in the Offaly barony of Kilcoursey (K), all in the province of Leinster. The civil parish covers 9,280.6 acres (37.557 km2), 6,964.9 acres (28.186 km2) in County Westmeath and 2,315.7 acres (9.371 km2) in County Offaly. Kilcumreragh civil parish comprises the village of Rosemount and 32 townlands: Ballagh (C), Ballinderry (C and M), Ballinlig (M), Ballintober (M), Ballybeg (C), Ballybrickoge (M), Ballybroder (C), Ballynagall (M), Ballynagrenia (M), Ballynahinch (K), Brackagh (K), Burrow or Glennanummer (K), Cartron Glebe (K), Coolatoor or Grouselodge (M), Coolatoor (M), Curragh (M), Curraghanana (K), Custorum (M), Derryhall (M), Curraghanana (K), Earlscartron (K), Faheeran (K), Fearboy (K), Feargarrow (K), Grange (M), Grouselodge or Coolatoor (M), Kilcatherina (C), Kilcumeragh (M), Kilmurragh (K), Laragh (M), Lisnagree (M) Newtown and Parkwood (K). The neighbouring civil parishes are: Killare (barony of Rathconrath) to the north, Ardnurcher or Horseleap to the east, Kilmanaghan (Barony of Clonlonan), Kilcumreragh (County Offaly) and Kilmanaghan (County Offaly) to the south, Ballyloughloe (Clonlonan) to the west and Ballymore (Rathconrath) to the west and north.